Various Family Violence, Child Protection & Sexual Offences (FSC) Units in KwaZulu-Natal have a reason to celebrate after results achieved during the investigation of sexual-related offences in the province during the month of March.
These dedicated teams of detectives have been shuttling to and from different courts throughout the province in pursuit of seeing justice served for several victims of rape and sexual violation.
From March 1 to 31, police arrested a total of 295 suspects for sexual-related offences including rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, attempted rape, violation of a protection order, child abandonment, child pornography and other cases.
39 accused were convicted and sentenced by various courts in the province.
Two life sentences were handed down to two accused each, and others were given a total of 415 years’ imprisonment.
Other suspects are still in custody, waiting for their cases to be heard in court.
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